    warning will be reported 'Condition is missing for a clinically significant
    interpretation.'"
   [t i]
-  (if (nil? (ld-> t i "condition")) (log/debug (str "Exception in interp-significance: condition not found")))
   (let [c (ld-> t i "condition")]
-     {:name (condition-name t c),
-      :idtype (condition-idtype t c),
-      :idvalue (condition-idvals t c),
-      :moi (condition-moi t c)}))
+     (if (nil? c) (log/debug (str "Exception in function get-condition: condition not found")))
+     {:name (if (nil? c) "" (condition-name t c)),
+      :idtype (if (nil? c) "" (condition-idtype t c)),
+      :idvalue (if (nil? c) "" (condition-idvals t c)),
+      :moi (if (nil? c) "" (condition-moi t c))}))
 
   (defn evidence-rules
     "Returns the list of criterion rule names for the evidence provided"

  May log warnings if available content does not conform to
  clinvar specifcations."
  [t c]
  (let [name (get c "name")]
    (csv-colval (if (nil? name) "" name))))

(defn condition-idtype
  ;TODO modify to deal with phenotypes and multi-values for satisfying clinvar specs.
  [t c]
  (let [disease-coding (ld-> t c "disease" "coding")]
    (let [disease-code (get disease-coding "code")]
      (csv-colval (get (re-find #"(.*)\_(.*)" disease-code) 1)))))

(defn condition-idvals
   ;TODO modify to deal with phenotypes and multi-values for satisfying clinvar specs.
  [t c]
  (let [disease-coding (ld-> t c "disease" "coding")]
    (let [disease-code (get disease-coding "code")]
      (csv-colval (get (re-find #"(.*)\_(.*)" disease-code) 2)))))

(defn condition-moi
  [t c]
  (csv-colval (ld-> t c "modeOfInheritance" "display")))

(defn get-condition
  "Processes the condition element to derive the ClinVar sanctioned fields: 

  (defn interp-eval-date
  "Return the interpretation evaluation date."
  [t i]
  (if(nil? (ld-> t i "contribution")) (log/debug (str "Exception in interp-eval-date: contribution not found")))
  (let [contribution (ld-> t i "contribution")]
    (if (nil? (get contribution "onDate")) "" 
      (.format 
